Sanitary vessel.



A. ABELSON.

v SANITARY vBssE-L. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17., 1912.

l Patented May 5, 1914.

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ABRAHAIVI ABELSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SANITARY VESSEL. y

, Speccation of Letters latent.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed May 17, 1912. Serial No. 697,913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that ABRAHM ABnLsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, city of NenT York, count)T of New York, and State ot New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sanitary vessels, and the object of my invention is to provide a cup or receptacle which may be easily cleaned and kept inra sanitary condition. Y

Figure l is a vertical section of the device. Fig. 2 is section of the device as the line 2 2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of an optional form of the inner cup member or skin.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My device is peculiarly adapted to use in shaving cups, and comprises a two part case or member, consisting of a base l having an annular seat arranged interiorly and formed by an inwardly projecting annular flange 2, and a cup member 3 seated in the upper edge section 4 of the base l and secured thereon by a hinge 5. I also provide, opposite the hinge, a catch, comprising a flat spring 6 secured to the base by means of rivets 7 and bearing a latch member 8 adapted to engage a projection 9 on the base of the cup member 3. An inner skin or cup 10 is adapted to be placed within the cup member 3 and to tit therein. This skin l0 is preferably formed of water-proof paper, or other inexpensive and nonimpregnable material. Disks 11- are provided to tit in the upper section Il of the base member l and to rest upon the ange 2 and are preferably formed of cardboard or other compressible material, and of such thickness that when the cup member 3 is closed down upon the disk and engaged by the latch 8 the disk l1 will be so compressed as to form a substantially water-tight joint.V The disk 11 is preferably pressed out to form a seat 12 surrounded by an annular marginal section.

My device is peculiarly adapted for use as a sanitary shaving cup, and for this purpose I provide interchangeable counterpartl disks 1l provided with saponaceous material 11. These disks 1l are interchangeably seated in the upper section of the base member l, and the cup member 3 is latched down upon the disk 11 and the skin 10 is placed within the cup member 3. A sufcient'quantity of soap or like material 11 is provided in the seat 12 of the disk l1 to provide thc necessary lather for an individual shave, and the lather is intended to be worked up in the cup in the usual and well known manner. After each use the cup is opened and the disk 1l and the skinlO are removed and destroyed, and this operation is repeated each time the device is used, the disk l1A and skin 10 being renewed for the purpose, and it is there-fore unnecessary to wash the cup, and for each use a new and sanitary surface and soap are provided.

When desired, an interior skin may be provided as shown in Fig. 3 which comprises a cup-like member in which the sides 3 and base 14C are united, and the soap in the base may be covered for purpose of transportation and sale, by a light sheet l5 which protects the soap from dust and foreign substances, and is easilyT removed. I prefer to use for this purpose a light sheet of tissue paper which is held in place by adhering to the soap but which will be caused to rdll up and uncover the soap by the action of the moist shaving brush applied thereto, or if desired,y this sheet l5 may be held in position by any ad hesive substance or paste and is broken or rolled off by the application of the wet shaving brush applied in the usual manner to work up a lather. lVhen this form of cup lining is used, it is unnecessary to open the cup member B but the lining may be placed within the holder or cup 3 and used and removed as above described.

lVhile this device is particularly adapted to shaving cups, it is obvious that it is equally useful in other fields in which it is desired to have a receptacle which is water tight and at the same time capable of being easily cleaned, as the removable bottom renders it very easy to clean the lower part of the cup, and there are no crevices such as lequently occur in receptacles having` a bottom and sides formed of separate pieces.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. In a device of the character described the combination of a base member and a cup member, means for holding the base member and cup member in engagement, a` removable disk in the b ase member Vadapted to form a bottom for the cup member and an interiorly arranged and removable skin Within the cup member substantially as name to this Speoiiication in the presence of shown and described. two subscribing Witnesses, this 15th day of 2. In e device of the character described, a E May 1912. cup member, a removable skin therein, a bot- 6 tom disk provided with a seat and a sapona- 1 ceous material therein, substantially as Witnesses: shown and described. JUSTIN S. GALLAND,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my ALEXANDER ACKERSON.

ABRAHAM ABELSON.

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